It is amazing how a simple question as "Why do we have to learn this?" has the power to trigger student's reflection. Silvia's tweet about the topic made me think about this... Take for instance what happened today at @Goetheshuleba HS Computer Science session. A number of 16 years old students are learning about cryptography as part of their CS curriculum, they are playing a game called "Cryptography challenge 101" based on Khan Academy resources. Let us see what happened when students were confronted with the question "Why is cryptography useful in our life?"
The Tweet that started it.....
“Encourage all staff to welcome the question: Why do we have to learn this?”By @mcleod & @shareski #differentschools pic.twitter.com/e9XxGbXplh— Silvia Tolisano (@langwitches) 1 de octubre de 2017
My first reaction was... "ok, I think that slightly motivated students would have a very different answer from highly motivated ones" and this picture came into my mind.
So, highly motivated learners should respond like "I learn for the love of learning", is that so? or 16 years old students might have a more realistic approach? Following this thoughts, I asked a group of students: "Why is cryptography useful in our life?"
Some others worked on a different approach, like "can you dream / imagine about a gadget that would use cryptography as a main component in the future? "
Before the session was over, two students posted a short personal reflection about all the work done.
#cohortgoethe— Anselmo Benassi (@angrabe) 2 de octubre de 2017
The "Why we learn..." question...https://t.co/Of1e7FEGs1https://t.co/yVPUH1bjra
Computer Science students @goetheschuleba pic.twitter.com/JJmg573gqv
Student's reflections:
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